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abbreviated, ppl. a.|əˈbriːvɪeɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed. It takes the place, to some extent, of abbreviate ppl. a.]
1. Shortened, cut short, in the various senses of the vb.
1552Latimer Serm. 3rd S. in Adv. Wks. II. 287 His hand is not abbreuiated, or his power diminished. 1870Bowen Logic vii. 221 The syllogism constituting a chain may be partly complete and partly abbreviated. 1881H. James jun. Portr. Lady liv. (in Macm. Mag. XLV. 7) The two ladies faced each other at an abbreviated table.
2. Nat. Hist. Relatively short; shorter than the ordinary type, or than the adjoining parts.
1870Hooker Stud. Flora 62 Spergula..Leaves opposite, with abbreviated leaf-buds in their axils. |